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In the novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, many characters are introduce throughout the story and most of these characters undergo an indentity change at some point during the novel. The main, and by far the most dynamic character, is Edmond Dantès. Dantès is the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel. Edmond lived his life honestly, that is until he was framed for a crime he did not commit. Taking place in Marseilles, France in the 1800’s, Dantès fights for his freedom and pursues many acts of revenge against those who wronged him, but all of this revenge takes a toll on who he is as a person. Dantès is a man of disguises. The disguises he has are essential to his overall character. Throughout the course of the novel, Dantès, otherwise known as The Count of Monte Cristo, transforms into a completely new person. Identities are the very basis of what makes humans who they are, and the ups and downs Edmond Dantès faces throughout the novel are what changes him so significantly. Before his imprisonment at the Chateau d’If, Dantès lived the life of a promising young sailor. Dantès is a naive and forgiving man. After the captain of the French ship he was on, the Pharaon, died, Dantès is promised to be a captain as a reward for bringing the ship home safely. Before he is able to claim his new title and marry the woman he is engaged to, four jealous men conspire to have him arrested and imprisoned in the Chateau d’If, an infamous prison in which nobody has ever successfully…

In the conflict, a person named Shimon Peres who is currently Israel's founding father consists of having two sides in which the Israelis support Shimon for being a great leader , and the Palestinians do not approve of him having good leadership. Shimon Peres served as being 9th president in Israel, he is also the Prime Minister of Israel when Yitzhak Rabin stepped down. He won a Nobel Peace prize for negotiating the Oslo Accords with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader…

The word “inferno” means Hell in Italian. Hell is where the main character Dante Alighieri and the ghost of the Roman poet Virgil, who was sent Dante’s deceased loved one Beatrice, travel in order to help Dante get back on the right path. The reason why Dante travels to Hell is because the Ghost of Virgil offers to guide Dante through Hell in order to get to Paradise (Heaven) to purify himself of all his sins. During the journey in Hell, they travel through the Nine Circles of Hell. The Circles…

Revenge in Dante's life Revenge is a powerful thing to want. It consumes people, and can make them forget the important things going on around them. They think that they are getting justice for themselves. When really sometimes revenge is as pointless as putting out a fire with gas. A man named Edmond Dantes was wrongly imprisoned for 14 years. In those years Dantes sat in a prison called the Château d'If, he thought of many different ways to get revenge on his enemies. The men he thought he…

A young boy named Edmond Dantés turns into a man due to extreme and strenuous circumstances that forces him into manhood. He takes on a new identity, the Count of Monte Cristo and earns possession of a large inheritance. He then gets revenge on those who were responsible for his 14 years in prison. This is one of many important conflicts that occur in, and determine the plot of, The Count of Monte Cristo. Others include Valentine and Maximilian’s love story, Albert and the Count’s duel, and…

Pere Charles Menard, the “Apostle of Bayou Lafourche,” conducted the first Mass of record offered in le Terrebonne (Montegut) in June 1842. Services were infrequent because of the distance from St. Joseph in Thibodaux and many times weddings and baptisms were held in groups. Missionaries rarely traveled more than eight miles below Houma. A mission building was finished on January 8, 1844 in le Terrebonne on the Widow Dugas property. Pere Menard recorded in his 1845 journal, the purchase of a new…

hatred, and uses the word, “One” to start many sentences. The rule of three is applied in this same place of his speech when he says, “You fight it. You denounce it. You disarm it.” These devices show the importance of at least having some emotion, even if it is a negative one, as opposed to no emotion at all. Additionally, by using a series of rhetorical questions, Wiesel encourages the listener to think about the insanity of people’s actions during that time. Combined, these devices work…

French novelist Alexandre Dumas père, son of General Alex Dumas, is best known for writing famous works such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Born son to the obscure General Alex Dumas, Alexandre too shared in the blood of both a black slave and a white aristocrat. General Dumas died when Alexandre was a young child of not even 4 years of age. Highly romanticized and biased towards his father, the writings left behind by Alexandre père, are basically the main source when it…

As a student of De Pere High School, I, Abby; try my best to show a good example of how a De Pere High School student should represent themselves. Showing a good example for other students has always been very important to me. I show the students how to apply themselves to become better people whether it’s in or out of school. As I make an impact on others, I hope to make a big enough impact so that they will want to keep impacting others as well. Leadership is the one big thing that helps you…

Edmond Dantes’ adversity helps his character in The Count of Monte Cristo because at the beginning of the story, Edmond is a playful yet innocent man who cared deeply about his friends and his father. After his is put on trial and sent to jail this toughened his character greatly. He also needed to create a new identity after he faked his death in jail and wants to seek revenge. Before prison, Dantes was a worker on a ship. He worked very diligently and followed his captains orders and…